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- Hello Agents.

I'm Susanna Moyer

and this is The Ingress Report.

On Saturday Agents around the world

collided in an intense contest

to control the Helios Anomalies.

The first was in Taipei

with Satellites in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur.

The second was in Chicago

with Satellites in Richmond and Galveston.

With a tremendous turnout of more than 1,000

Agents in both Taipei and Hong Kong

and over 800 in Chicago,

this was the largest ever single day

of Ingress Anomalies.

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- [Voiceover] (speaking in another language)

- There are about 800 to 900 people

in my Ingress circle.

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- [Voiceover] (speaking in another language)

- This year I'm sure we will do much better.

- [Susanna] The Anomalies were marked with

ambitious strategy combined with tremendous efforts

on the ground.

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- We're trying to maximize efficiency

in how we work, how we control,

and how we keep our team together.

- [Susanna] In Asia Enlightened Operation Matahari

blanketed portions of India, Sri Lanka,

South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines,

Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia,

Taiwan, China, and Mauritius

in a series of Megafields.

- We made a massive Field covering Kuala Lumpur.

- The Operation, over two months in the planning,

was executed alongside the Asian Helios Anomalies

as part of the global Enlightened strategy.

The plan worked.

Despite a strong counter effort in Hong Kong ,

which the Resistance controlled 346 to 138,

the Enlightened claimed Kuala Lumpur 160 to 127.

And the Primary Site of Taipei 641 to 336.

- [Voiceover] (speaking in another language)

- I met a lot of people playing this game,

all of them telling you that this game

is very important

and if you don't come,

the Enlightened will lose.

So that gives me a strong determination

to defeat the Resistance.

- [Susanna] In addition, the Enlightened

control the Volatile Regional Cell of Manila

and Additional Cells Fukuoka and Coimbatore.

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- In Kuala Lumpur agent MYGZ was present

and witnessed the Anomaly first hand

on behalf of the Cross-Faction

investigative effort, Operation Essex,

and provided this footage.

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- We had people who organized this very well

and planned this very well.

And the commitment of those who signed up

actually was fantastic,

so overall we are very satisfied

with the turn out,

at least on the Enlightened side.

But I could see it's the same for Resistance

because I can see that they have

a large turn out as well.

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- Nine hours later in Chicago,

Richmond, and Galveston

agents invested heavily in Fielding efforts.

The most impressive of which was a 14 layer

Megafield over Galveston.

After the Chicago Resistance secured

Measurement 1, the Enlightened rallied

to take Measurement 2 by a lead

of just one.

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- This is our third.

- I have two people from Colorado on my bike team today,

which I think is astounding.

We have a lot of people from Milwaukee, Indiana.

We've got people from all over the Midwest

who've come in to support the Enlightened today.

- [Susanna] When the dust settled,

the Enlightened emerged victorious.

They controlled four of six Regional Cells,

including the Volatile Cell of Brno

in the Czech Republic

as well as both Satellite Sites,

Richmond with 231 to 113

and Galveston with 248 to 139.

- [Voiceover] (mumbling)

- [Voiceover] I have three that are en route

to leave right now.

Over.

- Every corner of this broad vast expanse of space

has somebody with a phone and a battery pack

in their back pocket.

- The Resistance was really out numbered.

- They put up an amazing Field

and we weren't able to respond in time

to get it down before Measurement.

- It was a lot of our first dates...

- Yeah.

- When we were first beginning our relationship

we would Ingress together

and he got me into it.

- I get panic attacks in open spaces,

too many people around.

With Ingress it makes you think of something else

and then before you know it,

you're like miles away from home,

you're with a group of people

that you absolutely love,

and you're doing something that

you never thought you could.

- Chicago was captured by the Enlightened.

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- [Susanna] Completing their sweep of the day

the Enlightened control Chicago,

the primary center of the Anomaly,

with a hard-earned 684 to 550.

In Richmond there was a winner of a different kind

when agent Philistine11 proposed

to agent NSUNEB during the anomaly.

- Will you marry me?

- OK.

- [Susanna] She said, "Yes."

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The Enlightened hold a strong advantage

of 12 to four going into the next Helios anomalies,

which is centered in Prague,

with Satellites in Manchester and Rotterdam,

and in Detroit, with Satellites in Baltimore

and Indianapolis, on August 23rd.

The pressure is now on the Resistance.

Last week Agents rallied to protest

the actions of Dr. Devra Bogdanovich

who deployed a second iteration of her Portal Virus,

a next generation XM weapon of sorts.

Developed by the CDC,

it caused natural Portal decay

to increase to 25 percent per day,

causing a fully-Resonated portal

to break down to a neutral state

in just four days.

After showing examples of area Portals

agent MarkBoy81 made a solemn promise

to Dr. Bogdanovich.

- I will not allow your Virus

to eat one single resonator out here.

Do what you have to do.

I'm ready.

- [Susanna] Dr. Martin Schubert,

a respected XM researcher,

had predicted that a combined Global Mind Unit

level of one billion or higher

would be able to mitigate the effects of the Virus.

Although a series of impressive

and inspiring fielding operations were

under taken by both factions,

agents were unable to reach that target.

In Coimbatore, India the Bangalore and India

Enlightened groups built an 11 layered

series of megafields

controlling 39 million mind units.

While in Brazil Operation Green Cry of the West

by agents LeeDWeedy, Igitchi, and Madimbu

built a 15 layered 22.1 million Mind Unit

control area for the Resistance.

Following the end of Saturday's anomaly

Devra Bogdanovich released a statement

expressing her disappointment

that humanity had become quote,

"Deeply infected by Exotic Matter."

And vowed to continue her work

on a human administered XM inoculation

that would render humans immune

to the effects of XM.

As predicted, based on intel released

at the Anomalies in Dublin and San Diego

new XM Artifacts have begun to emerge.

Two appeared in the U.S,

one in Hawaii and one in California.

And three more surfaced in France,

Cyprus, and Sri Lanka respectively.

The Resistance target portal appeared in Spain

and the Enlightened Target Portal

appeared in Peru.

It looks as if Agents finally have an opportunity

to permanently destroy the Portal Virus.

Some however, including Enlightened artist Roland Jarvis,

believe the XM artifacts may contain more power

than we currently understand.

The implication is that interacting

with the Artifacts may cause

unintended consequences.

- [woman in black] Yes, of course.

Definitely.

In many ways.

Look, Helios has the power to change things.

And it will.

You know, perhaps not for the better.

That's why the Artifacts are so important to us.

40 Artifacts.

They will travel along links between Portals

Resonating at level seven or higher

on the hour.

They can be captured at various

special Target Portals that will appear

at locations around the world.

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Yes, it is imperative that the Artifacts

do not fall into the wrong hands.

No look, it's because we do not understand

their power that makes them so important.

- [Susanna] Finally, in tech news,

the Ingress intel map has gained the ability

to redeem Passcodes.

These Passcodes can contain valuable XM

objects or medals for accomplishments,

such as attending an Anomaly.

They can be obtained in various ways,

including solving puzzles online,

participating in discussions on the

Niantic Project G Plus page,

and from other sources,

such as the reportedly XM enhanced Hint Water.

In addition, the latest version of the Ingress scanner,

version 1.58, enables iPhone agents

to scout new Portals,

allowing them to take part in the enrichment

of the global Portal network.

We'll be tracking the Helios Artifacts

and hope to have an extensive update

for you next week.

For The Ingress Report, I'm Susanna Moyer.

- [Voiceover] 40 chances to save the future.

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